The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-04-07
THE SONG OF KANSAS.


It's land where plenty dwelleth,
Mhere the mighty big corn aFoWeth,
w here the wheat and cats crops flourish,
where the ouckwheat never faileth,
Roll, their wealth In every cellar;
Where the sweet potato fhriveth.
Where the cabbage heads are mighty,
Where the beets beat all creation,
Wnere tomatoes great and gorgeous.
Load the vines in every truck-patoh,
W mere the peas and beans prolific
Are source OF satisfaction;
Where sweet parenipe vie with turnips
seeing which can grow the biggest;
where the pumpkin vine excelleth,
Where huge melons, rich and luscious,
With their coats OF green and yellow,
Where the grapevine is native.
AND the apple and the pear tree
Yearly yield their luscious fruttage.
While the plum and peach and cherry
And the small fruits without limit
Are the JOY OF every homestead
Where the blue grass and the clover
Spread upon the plain their beauty,
Where the Short-Aorn and the Jersey.
With the sleek and far-famed Guernsey,
Now abound in countless numbers
On the acres of her farmers.
And the sheep that craze in thousands
On the verdant prairie pasture
FIJI thecofers Of their owners
With great heaps of shining dollars.
Here's fine stone for every building.
Here's good sand for all the plaster;
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Here pure salt is found In places,
Hero are grand majestic rivers
Her beauteous land traversinG,
And here sWeetly murm'rtne brooklets
Glide through verdant valleys laughing.
Here within the crystal waters
Schools OF finest hsh are sporting.
Hero the climate Is delightful.
here the air IL pure ana bractng;
Here good health and strength and viEor
Bless her busy happy people.
| Here's six thousand miles OF railway,
And six hundred more q building,
And of wire telegraphio
She has miles three hundred thousand
! Here where roamed the rugged bison,
| Where the wolf and wildcat reveled,
| Where the savage war-whoop sounded.
Ger tracklees sandy desert,
Only q few brief years ago,
| Five and twenty hundred churches
Now are pointing spires to heaven.
Here no children 20 untutored,
Here We have the free school system;
Here no loafers throng our highways,
Here no hateful drones are harbored.
| Her school funds is DER a million,
Her school houses seven thousand,
| Twenty-seven million acres
Bear an annual taxation.
| Here the soil pays well for labor;
Hers bis toll IS cr n with blessings
Here he builds home, and waxeth
Rich IN store and strong in honor;
| Here the rich may grow still richer,
And the poor may soon have plenty.
Kansas ever is progressive,
| Kansas never dreams of failure;
See her climbing up flames ladder.
See her reaching higher, higher,
| See her winning wealth and glory,
See her pass her older sisters
In the race for freeher laurels.
See her countless mills and foundries.
See heHahops and manufact' ries;
| See her mighty trade and commerce.
1 See her push and vim and valor,
, But her fame has reached the people
People of this mighty nation
And they're coming to her borders,
Coming, coming in great numbers.
Coming in like hocks of pigeons.
Coming from her eastern sisters,
/ Coming from the western sea coast,
Coming from the frozen northland.
Coming from the southern precincts,
Coming from far-oh Dakota,
Coming from old Pennsylvania,
Coming from ohio's corn fields,
| Coming from Rentucky's blue grass,
Coming from Iowa's prairies,
Coming from cold Minnesota,
1 Coming from warm California,
| Coming from fair Indiana,
Coming FAST from every quarter.
They are coming in their wagons,
They are coming In whole train loads;
Yes, there coming with their people.
With their wives and with their children
With their friends and with their kinfolk
, With their stock and with their money,
/ With the whole of their possession,
To transplant themselves in Kansas,
, | ana grow up InlS BEduu
| They are coming, coming, coming,
, To this sunny land of Kansas,
To this land OF peace and plenty,
| To this land of steady habits,
To this goodly land Of churches,
| To this blessed land of Bibles,
To this happy land Of free schools,
Where the children grow in learning
AS they grow in years and stature.
Where they put good men In office,
| Where the citizens are loyal,
| Where no time is spent in idling,
| Where the business men are busy.
Where the working men are working
Where the farmers are all thrifty,
And where everything Is booming.
Peabody GaZet